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FEED-WATER REGULATOR.

SFECIFICATIO'N forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,100, dated December 11, 1883. Application filed September 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern/ Beit known that I, ADELBERT E. OsBoRN,

va citizen of the United States, residing at 'Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Feed-Tater Regulators for ater- Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to feed-water 'regulators for water-heaters, the object 'thereof being to provide a simple and effective apparatus whereby the supply of water to theA jecting from the inner wall of the heater, andl actuated by a iloat connected with one arm, the other arm being connected to the valvestem, whereby the supply-pipe is opened and closed by the fall and rise of the water-level in the heater.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure lis a vertical section, showing a portion of the heater with the valve-.chamber of the supply-pipe and the bell-crank and oat by which the valve is operated. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the float detached. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the iioat with its connecting device. v

A in said drawings represents a portion of the wall of the heater, which is of the usual construction. Water is supplied thereto by a pipe, B, within which is formed a valve-chamber, C, having a cylindrical valve, D, arranged therein. This valve has a stem, D', which is packed through the. wall of the heater A by means of werfmiry stuffing-box, E, which enters said wall. hew-allve-.stem D has one, or morev than one, perforation, d, to receive a pivot-bolt, f, by which the vertical arm of a bell-crank, F, is connected to said stem. This bell-crank is pivoted at its angle to a stud, G, projecting from the inner face of the Wall of the heater A, below the valve-stem, 'and to the chamber C, and in the end of the latter is 6o tapped au adjusting-screw, M, by which the :movement'oi` the valve is limited, so that it may not entirely close the opening in the pipe. The operation of the mechanism is as fol lows: When Water is withdrawn from the heater 6 5 A, the fall of the water-level causes the oat L to descend, opening the pipe B, and permitting a flow of water into the heater.d As the water rises, the ioat, being buoyed up, closes the valve slowly, the bell-crank F operating 7o the valve until the water is restored to its usual level, when the valve closes entirely. It will readily be seen that by this contrivance the supply to the heater is proportioned to the volume of water-drawn therefrom, and this supply is at all times automatically regulated by the valve D and iioat L.

I iind in practice that alittle Water condenses in the float, and for the purpose of removing the same, which should be done once 8o. in from four to slX Weeks, I perforate one of the studs t', said opening extending into the interior of the oat, and being closed by the cap-nut, which holds the forked arm of the lever upon the stud.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl l. The combination, with awater-heater, of a supply-pipe therefor, a valve-chamber in the pipe, a sliding valve arranged to move across 9o the valve-chamber to check the passage of vra-'- ter therethrough, a stem connected-with the valve and packed through the Wall of the heater, and a bell-cranklever pivoted at its angle within the heater, and lhaving one arm connected with the valve-stem, and'the other arm carrying a iloat to slide the valve-stem and the valve by the fall and rise of the water-level in the heater, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the water-heater 10o having a supply-pipe provided with a valvean obiate spheroid, and the set-screw M, placed chamber, of :t vulve having its stein packed in the end ofthe valve-chamber, substantially through the Wall of the heater, and operated as described.

by :n bell-crank and float, and :t set-screw en- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 5 teringtheendofthe valve-chamber,andndaptmy hand in the presence of two subscribing ed to limit the movement ofthe valve, suhstznr witnesses. tially as described.

3. The combination, with the heater A. of the supply-pipe B, having valve-chamber C, Io the vulve D, valve-stein D, bell-crank F, pivoted to stud G, the iioat L, having the forni of ADELBERT E. OSBORN.

Vitnesses:

E. A. MCKENNEY, W. H. JENKINS. 

